I can't tell if this is designed for the Tivo Premier will allow a base Tivo HD 160gb model to upgrade to ~280-319 hours with a 2TB WD20EDVS drive?

It appears as though this breaks through the 1.2tb limit on TivoHD, can someone confirm?

There exist another image (forgot the name but you can search for it) that will work on the TiVo-HD and original Series 3 (using WinMFS) and bring you up to 2Tb, I don't think this Premier expansion software will do that job.

There exist another image (forgot the name but you can search for it) that will work on the TiVo-HD and original Series 3 (using WinMFS) and bring you up to 2Tb, I don't think this Premier expansion software will do that job.

Actually this jfms will indeed work with TiVo HD's, but not the original Series3 (due to a partition issue). The other (Broflovski) is a separate program, nothing to do with winMFS...and a bit more complicated.

I can't tell if this is designed for the Tivo Premier will allow a base Tivo HD 160gb model to upgrade to ~280-319 hours with a 2TB WD20EDVS drive?

It appears as though this breaks through the 1.2tb limit on TivoHD, can someone confirm?

Yes, I just did this upgrade on my TiVo HD and it works as advertised using the original 160GB drive to a WD20EVDS. But, I had to put the original 160G drive in and allow it to update to 11.0j. Copy and expand with JMFS, then supersize with WinMFS. It would not work prior to updating the 160GB drive to 11.0j, I think it was on 9 something.

I have tried to do the same thing with my expanded 1TB drive. When I install back in the TiVo it complains that the external drive is missing (I don't have an external drive). If I let it continue, it repairs the drive for a couple of hours then reboots and I'm back to 1TB capacity.

Yes, I just did this upgrade on my TiVo HD and it works as advertised using the original 160GB drive to a WD20EVDS. But, I had to put the original 160G drive in and allow it to update to 11.0j. Copy and expand with JMFS, then supersize with WinMFS. It would not work prior to updating the 160GB drive to 11.0j, I think it was on 9 something.

I have tried to do the same thing with my expanded 1TB drive. When I install back in the TiVo it complains that the external drive is missing (I don't have an external drive). If I let it continue, it repairs the drive for a couple of hours then reboots and I'm back to 1TB capacity.

-TE

Thanks for that feedback. I did this copy/expand twice now and it just gets stuck on the first Welcome to Tivo screen. The upgrading to 11.0j is what I didn't do.

I'm upgrading now and will try again.

Question: Did you have to run the WIDDLE15 program on the drive to shut off intellisense parking? I don't have a way to write a floppy disk sadly, and couldn't get the ISO to boot with it on there.

Actually this jfms will indeed work with TiVo HD's, but not the original Series3 (due to a partition issue). The other (Broflovski) is a separate program, nothing to do with winMFS...and a bit more complicated.

The Broflovski image is loaded on the Hard Drive using WinMFS (that's the way i did it anyways), but once in the TiVo you can't use WinMFS anymore for backups etc. on that Broflovski hard drive image.

For the Tivo HD upgraders, I finally filled up my first upgrade (via JMFS onto a WD20EURS drive). Using TivoPlayList, I was able to see that my storage maxed out at 1670 GB. After I used WinMFS to turn on Supersize, the drive maxed out at 1848 GB.

Yikes! That's a terrible price. (Or is that just an example and the store nearby is giving them away? ) You can generally find 2TB drives for ~ $100 to ~$125 on sale now.

Yes, in a sense it does matter what drive you use. Unless you just can't wait I'd order one of the WD or Hitatchi drives discussed earlier. AFAIK no one is using Seagate drives for these upgrades to date, so no known data exists. It's generally better to stick with what's been proven successful. YMMV of course.

I'm sure others will chime in but you can see this post on the cousin to this thread for more thoughts…

FWIW....
I've had 3 Hitachi Disks this year. 2 out of the 3 needed replacement. One of the replacements is intermittently noisy and so has just been replaced. No cross shipping so i have had to deal with several credit card charges to monitior.

FWIW....
I've had 3 Hitachi Disks this year. 2 out of the 3 needed replacement. One of the replacements is intermittently noisy and so has just been replaced. No cross shipping so i have had to deal with several credit card charges to monitior.

I have successfully upgraded my Tivo Premiere using WD20EARS drive (manufacture date: 10/13/2010; performed hddscan to adjust AAM to 128) I tested the upgraded drive by doing soft reboot and did not hang. Hence, I did not perform the wdidle3.exe

I would suggest to move richsadams's post (#332) to the top of this thread. I have gathered all the pieces of information I need in this forum before #332 posted. That would have saved a lot of time.

I upgraded my Tivo about 2 weeks ago. About a week later it appears the ethernet port has stopped working. I called Tivo & they are sending a new Tivo. I was wondering if I can just take the 2TB drive out of this Tivo & put it into the new one or do I have to set up the new one & then copy that drive to the 2TB drive.

I upgraded my Tivo about 2 weeks ago. About a week later it appears the ethernet port has stopped working. I called Tivo & they are sending a new Tivo. I was wondering if I can just take the 2TB drive out of this Tivo & put it into the new one or do I have to set up the new one & then copy that drive to the 2TB drive.

Thanks for the help.

You can move the drive between 2 TiVos as long as their both the same model. But, before the drive will work you'll need to run a clear & delete on it in the new TiVo. (That'll rebind it to the new TiVo).

There's no way to transfer it and retain your recordings and season passes (Well any non-copyprotected recordings could be transfered to a computer before moving the drive).
But you shouldn't have to redo the copy and expand process.

I upgraded my Tivo about 2 weeks ago. About a week later it appears the ethernet port has stopped working. I called Tivo & they are sending a new Tivo. I was wondering if I can just take the 2TB drive out of this Tivo & put it into the new one or do I have to set up the new one & then copy that drive to the 2TB drive.

Thanks for the help.

I thought Tivo will void your warranty if you upgraded your hard drive. Since you already used it for 2 weeks, I'm sure Tivo knew you upgraded through the daily TV guide updates. Hmmm??? You sure got lucky.

I just got a brand new WD10EADS western Digital 1 TB hard green hard drive through the warranty program. The original one I bought, with the same model #, busted in 1 year. This one has a manufactuer date of 10 November 2010. Does anybody know if I still need to run Widdle on this one? I don't see anybody talking about this drive anymore.

I thought Tivo will void your warranty if you upgraded your hard drive. Since you already used it for 2 weeks, I'm sure Tivo knew you upgraded through the daily TV guide updates. Hmmm??? You sure got lucky.

Although TiVo is aware of any upgrade if they take the time to review their logs as long as the original hard drive is installed (or reinstalled), the unit is otherwise unchanged and no mention of the upgrade is made to the CSR TiVo will honor their warranty.

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Originally Posted by stanlam

I just got a brand new WD10EADS western Digital 1 TB hard green hard drive through the warranty program. The original one I bought, with the same model #, busted in 1 year. This one has a manufactuer date of 10 November 2010. Does anybody know if I still need to run Widdle on this one? I don't see anybody talking about this drive anymore.

The only way to find out would be to perform the upgrade and see if TiVo will boot up. Then if it boots up properly try a menu restart. If it restarts you're good to go. If either fail you'll need to run wdidle3.exe to adjust the Intellipark feature's timeout.

So I received my WD20EVDS hard drive the other day. I wanted to run some test to make sure it's not defective. Here's the interesting part, I did a slow and full format in windows. It took about 1 day for format the hard drive. I didn't have any problems. Then I decided to run the Western digital program called LifeGuard Diagnostic. This program takes 2 days to run and it failed both times saying to many bad sectors. Now I'm waiting for a new hard drive from the warranty. Interesting huh?

Here's my question that is not related. After I get my replacement 2TB hard drive, what should I do with my original Premiere? Can I back up the original premiere hard drive onto a DVD so I can use the original Premiere hard drive for other purposes. My only concern is that in the future I might need to image another 2TB since they don't seem to be that reliable.

So I received my WD20EVDS hard drive the other day. I wanted to run some test to make sure it's not defective. Here's the interesting part, I did a slow and full format in windows. It took about 1 day for format the hard drive. I didn't have any problems. Then I decided to run the Western digital program called LifeGuard Diagnostic. This program takes 2 days to run and it failed both times saying to many bad sectors. Now I'm waiting for a new hard drive from the warranty. Interesting huh?

Here's my question that is not related. After I get my replacement 2TB hard drive, what should I do with my original Premiere? Can I back up the original premiere hard drive onto a DVD so I can use the original Premiere hard drive for other purposes. My only concern is that in the future I might need to image another 2TB since they don't seem to be that reliable.

Although I'd avoid running any Windows programs on your new drive at all, running Western Digital's Lifeguard was an excellent move. It probably saved you a lot of grief down the road. The larger the hard drive the more opportunity there is for problem sectors.

With older TiVo drives being so small the temptation to repurpose them was just as small so putting it on the shelf as a solid backup was a no brainer. These days it's hard to put a 1TB drive away for safe keeping. However that's exactly what I would do, at least for now. Unfortunately there's no option to create a truncated backup of the OS as there is with other TiVo drives using winMFS or MFSTools...the entire drive would need to be duplicated...and then you're back in the same boat. So I would strongly recommend keeping the original TiVo hard drive on the shelf. If your TiVo fails for some reason (other than HDD failure) you can easily slip it back in for warranty service. If a new drive fails you can also slip it in and be back up and running almost instantly. Plus you can continue to use the original drive to image new drives if/when needed.

It's a big ask I know, but keeping the original intact is your best, safest bet at least until someone comes up with a way to image just the OS for safe keeping.

Supersize has been released. You will get 317 HD hours from 2TB drive. Enjoy!

Is the link on Comer's post #212 the link to the bootable CD image? When I view the post, it says that links in signatures are not visible until after I have posted 10 times - this is my second, and I hope I can make 10 without being a nuisance.

Is the link on Comer's post #212 the link to the bootable CD image? When I view the post, it says that links in signatures are not visible until after I have posted 10 times - this is my second, and I hope I can make 10 without being a nuisance.

Welcome to the forum (well, sort of...I see you posted once a few years ago). Here you go...

Thanks, Rich.
P.S. re number of posts needed to view images and links, the text that appears in lieu of the links states that 10 are needed and that I have only two (three with this!). Anyway, many thanks.

Thanks, Rich.
P.S. re number of posts needed to view images and links, the text that appears in lieu of the links states that 10 are needed and that I have only two (three with this!). Anyway, many thanks.

I know the text message says 10 but IIRC one of the moderators said they changed the actual post count required to 5...but left the text at 10 to scare off spammers. Who knows.

Anyway, just noticed that you're right next door...so happy upgrading and try and stay dry!

I am looking to upgrade my Premier with Comer's method (thanks Comer). I have a 1TB Premiere XL and looking to buy a new Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRSDTL 3TB drive to upgrade the Premier to 3TB.

Has enyone successfully upgraded to 3TB before using this method ?

Are there any issues with WD30EZRSDTL to use in the TiVo (e.g. not recommended for always on A/V etc...) ? Are there any other 3TB disks I should consider instead?